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Projects To Cut Silt Fall Short, Agency Says

December 08, 1998|By Tim Kane.

LAKEWOOD — The Crystal Lake Watershed Management and Lake Ecology Agency is questioning the effectiveness of two projects that were suppose to take the silt out of storm water before it enters the lake.

George Boulet, chairman of the agency, said he will draft two letters: one to the City of Crystal Lake asking why muddy water is still entering the lake from the Crystal Cove Pond project completed last fall and the other to the local Park District asking why muddy water is still entering the lake from the Lippold Park wetland project completed a few years ago.

Both projects were designed to filter storm water through aquatic vegetation.

At Crystal Cove Pond, agency members agreed that it was too early to judge the success of the project since vegetation has yet to take root. But, members said, some other provisions should have been left in place. Much of the fabric barrier that was put in place to hold back loamy runoff during construction was taken down too early, agency members said.